Thankful in 2024 | Roundtable

Thankful in 2024 | Roundtable

Author: Dig Me Out November 26, 2024 Duration: 1:18:38
It's our fifth year of getting the patrons together and giving thanks for the new music that gave us happiness and good vibes in 2024. There's a wide array of bands and artists, new and old, that helped make 2024 a great year for music. New albums from 1980s, 90s and 00s artists like The Cure, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Underworld, The Black Crowes, John Davis (Superdrag), The Sheila Divine, Jack White, Pig, the Pixies, Watershed, Sebastian Bach, Silver Sun, D-A-D, J. Mascis, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Primal Scream, The Smile, and many more all released great late career records, while newer bands like Return to Dust, Ahem, Friko, The Blackburns, Crows, and several others landed on our radar.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Alone by The Cure (from Songs from a Lost World) 3:38 - Trust In Me by Silver Sun (from Mild Peril) 11:49 - (Hold On) To The Dream by Sebastian Bach (from Child Within The Man) 18:11 - Lapdog by Ahem (from Avoider) 21:34 - Fallout by Pig (from Feast of Agony EP) 31:17 - Free To Fall by John Davis (from JINX) 34:32 - Trial By Fire by Judas Priest (from Invincible Shield) 42:00 - Automaticity by J. Robbins (from Basilisk) 52:01 - Wanting and Waiting by The Black Crowes (from Happiness Bastards) 1:08:41 - The Darkness by The Sheila Divine (from I Am The Darkness. We Are The Light) Outro - Dark Matter by Pearl Jam (from Dark Matter)   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Dig Me Out: 90s & 00s Rock
Podcast Episodes
Billy Squier - Surviving The 90s [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:36
In our second installment of Surviving the 90s, we're revisiting one of the hitmakers from the first half of the 80s - Billy Squier. Responsible for such hits as The Stroke, Lonely Is The Night, Everybody Wants You, My K…
Idlewild - Hope Is Important | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:40
Previously we revisited Idlewild's 2000 breakthrough sophomore album 100 Broken Windows, but for this episode we're going backward to their 1998 debut. The punkier, more aggressive Hope Is Important leans into noisy, alm…
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:03
Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices, their first for Matador Records, expanded upon the lo-fi, hook-driven bursts of songs from previous release Bee Thousand. Its chaotic, collage-like structure packs 28 tracks into just ove…
Cock Sparrer - Two Monkeys | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:19
Two Monkeys, the 1997 album by veteran punk band Cock Sparrer, blends old school British pub rock and Oi! with surprising melodic elements. Despite being released twenty-five years into their career, the album retains th…
Los Lobos - The Neighborhood | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:27
Los Lobos' 1990 album The Neighborhood showcases their signature blend of rock, blues, and Latin influences through the lense and ears of East Los Angeles. While it didn’t achieve the commercial success of La Bamba, the…
Fiona Apple - Tidal | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:56
Fiona Apple's 1996 debut album Tidal remains a landmark in alternative music, blending jazz-infused piano melodies with deeply introspective lyrics. The album's breakout single, "Criminal," propelled Apple into the mains…
Swimmer - Surreal | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:20
We'll forgive you if you missed Swimmer's one and only album, 1999's Surreal, because we did as well. Though released on Madonna's Maverick label, the band came and went rather quickly, leaving without making a blip on B…
Singles of 1995 | Roundtable [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:53
Here at Dig Me Out we spent the last ten years starting each new season by looking back at the albums from each year that stood the test of time, disappeared without a trace, and everything in between. We kicked off with…
Papa Vegas - Hello Vertigo | 90s Album Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:41
Papa Vegas' 1999 album Hello Vertigo offers a radio friendly mix of alternative rock with polished production. It showcases the band's bi hit potential, but the songwriting occasionally feels formulaic, relying on the fa…